Titan II
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The Titan II was a type of rocket used by the United States of America during the 1960s for national defense and space exploration.
Titan II rockets were later used in the mid-21st century, during World War III, as a type of nuclear missile.
A Titan II formed the framework and launch vehicle for Zefram Cochrane's experimental warp ship, the Phoenix. (Star Trek: First Contact)
During the 23rd century, a photo of a Titan II rocket hung on a corridor wall just outside the base commander's office at Starbase 11 in 2267. (TOS: "Court Martial")
[edit] Background
The photo, appearing in "Court Martial", depicts the Project Gemini capsule on a Titan II rocket. It is one of many photos taken in 1965 and 1966 for public use by NASA.
According to the Star Trek: The Next Generation Sketchbook: The Movies, an actual Titan II from the Titan Missile Museum in Green Valley, Arizona was used by the Star Trek: First Contact design team in both inspiration and application. The Star Trek Fact Files, however, describes the missile used as the launch vehicle for the Phoenix as a Titan V missile. The non-existent Titan V was to be a type of launch vehicle, proposed in 1988, as an upgrade of the Titan IV, but was never built.
[edit] External links
- Titan II at Wikipedia
- Titan II at the Encyclopedia Astronautica
- Titan V at the Encyclopedia Astronautica
